Lauren Baines is a dancer and choreographer, who graduated from Santa Clara University and was awarded the Anna Halprin Dance Award her senior year. She has been dancing professionally since 2004 and is currently a member of ahdanco and For Change Dance Collective and has taught dance and creative movement throughout the South Bay. Beyond her dance, she serves as project manager for education and artistic programs at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga and as assistant artistic director for the Cardboard Box Theatre Project.